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Saturday, June 6, 2009

Jain Vegetable Makhanwala, an award and a QUESTION

Being Gujarati I am very much familiar with Jain cuisine, though m not jain but i do have lots of friends who are, infact majority of my gujarati friends are jain. Jain cuisine is purely vegetarian without potatoes, onions and garlic. My food is incomplete without onions, i use them in almost every dish especially gravy based curries so making jain gravy based curry is always a challenge but not impossible. For today's post I have made simple and creamy Jain Vegetable Makhanwala. The curry is delicious and i didnt even feel that something was amiss, it was perfect. Do try this out and experience for yourself.

Ann from Happy and Healthy Cooking as passed "One Lovely Blog Award", my dear I am so touched and honored, thank you so much for thinking of me. I am passing this award to all my blogger pals, please accept and keep spreading love!!!

Now for the question...I have been trying to decide on which to take Blogher or Foodbuzz advertising from a long time now..still havnt figured out..I have seen majority of you have Foodbuzz advertisements featuring on your blogs and some of you also have Blogher. I would request you all to share your experiences with each, if you have tried both, which one do you prefer and why, this will really be helpful for new comers. Please leave your comments or you can also email me.
Sending this dish to RCI:Jain Cuisine, guest hosted by PJ of Seduce Your Tastebuds, an event started by Lakshmi of VeggieCuisine.

Wow, I can never imagine cooking anything without onions or garlic, that thought has been bowled over by this dish...looks so delicious...I must try it soon :) Your can enroll in Foodbuzz in you want to, they seem pretty impressive.

I used to cook with a lot of onions and garlic, but over the past year or so, do so less and less and don't miss them. I do sometimes enjoy potatoes, but not on a regular basis. This sounds like a dish I would really enjoy.

I would highly recommend foodbuzz. The community is quickly growing and they have a rather impressive website. I have received little gifts in the past too (business cards, an apron for example) and monthly revenue.

Interesting recipe without onions and garlic. I have no experience with Blogher, but I have very good experience with FoodBuzz and would gladly recommend it to anybody. Foodbuzz has decent rates, so I recommend to check and compare the rates. Plus Foodbuzz provides enormous information about food, blogging tips, photography etc. You get good exposure too.

hi parita,I always maintained that Jain cuisine really awes me for the simplicity and health benifits. The makhanwala recipe is so fuss free and easy on the stomach, shall keep this recipe dear thanks.Sorry I wouldn't contribute any suggestion to ur query coz I have no experince in the same :) All the best for ur decesion.Happy weekendTC

Jain cuisine seems interesting. Good for intestines i guess:)Foodbuzz.... u need to sign a contract on a paper and mail to them.Blogher ... till now no idea.I am with Buzzlogic. It is good for me. Just google and enroll for buzzlogic . its that simple.

I lived a year or so in an apartment complex built by Jain community with a temple inside. Must say I enjoyed the food they prepared and I was always present in their festivities to gorge on all the foods...ahem..Your recipe looks perfect and will be back here now as I have blogrolled u...thanks for coming by mine :)

congrats on the award...:Dim generally fond of garlic, onions and potatoes so wen i cook i add lots of all these ingredients...but i have eaten food prepared without one or all of these ingredients... and it tastes just as good...as im sure ur sabzi did!

Congrats on your award.Jain cooking is also good when we take food to mandir(temple).I do not know if you are aware of this as temples usually have food without onions and garlic.So a good point to be taken from your recipe.Thanks for sharing a nice recipe.

That is a great recipe. cooking jain food, is pretty much a challenge & I really appreciate that they do wonders with the limitations they have.

You have asked my question. I have foodbuzz since last oct/nov. I am happy with it. But recently i had been exploring a little bit into BLOGHER.. for now i think they are not taking new sign ups, thats what i heard.. but i think their rates are a little bit higher, i mean they pay us a little bit more than foodbuzz.. also with BLOGHER i think you get to pick your own ads..

This is a great recipe, I have been wanting to put some Jain recipes for a long time. As for your question we went with Foodbuzz because it seemed to be better and we could also see their rates as opposed to Blogher. It has been good to find the contacts and see what others are doing. Because we are in the UK we don't get the food samples but we did get some business cards with our name and our blog address, which is handy if you want to advertise or let people know what your are up to. Hope this helps.

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